Writing firmware on the flash with a programmer

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I bricked my archer c50 v6 with a bad power supply connection and it powered down while installing openwrt.

I have a xgecu programmer and want to write back the chip in the programmer and solder back the chip in the router.
The only question, Would I need something special as a file or just write the bin for the router?
Been looking at the firmware with binwalk and all seem to be there. But I am not sure.

Dont worry about the smd work. I am ok with it. benn doing reflow and board assembly for some time. ( and I learned form the best, Rossman! )

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Are you sure bootloader is toast ?

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This question has been asked before, and I found myself answering yes, with overconfidence with the fact that writing a chip will solve the issue. For example, this can be done with a BIOS on a motherboard, because the bin fil contains everything.

The OpenWrt file only contains the kernel and data, not the bootloader part (and others such as wifi, MAC data). So you can't simply reprogram the chip hoping it will unbrick the device. You need to dump the whole chip, insert OpenWrt to the right adress, put back the contain to the chip.

I let more experienced users develop the process.

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No output on the serial console. the router keep on resetting every 5 second.

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Yeah, I was not sure. Binwalk did gave me a partition, but I was lacking the boot partition, or I was not finding it.

Now where could I find the whole data. I did not dump the firmware yet. For the mac and other stuff. I have them on the sticker. I can change does with any hex editor.

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